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In an interview, Mr. Chatterjee had said he could not be a “die hard” Communist in “style of living, thinking or targeting some A, B or C” or his political rivals. Born in the family of jurist and parliamentarians, the former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee had learnt complex ropes …

A section of intellectuals and prominent civil society members considered close to the Trinamool Congress would take to the streets here in protest against the alleged exclusion of Indian citizens from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. The announcement was made by a group of painters, poets and academics here …

KOLKATA: Fire brigade officials on Monday asked the authorities of Priya Cinema to stop screening films till an investigation into the last night’s fire was completed. “We are conducting the investigation. The cinema hall has been asked not to screen films until the investigation is over. We will give the …

KOLKATA: The CBI has conducted raids in nine locations as a part of their probe into the ATM Group’s chit fund case in several areas of West Bengal, the investigation agency spokesperson said today. The raids were conducted at the offices and residential premises of the chairman and managing director …

Kolkata: Four Medical College and Hospital Alumni have alleged that their neighbours asked them to vacate their rented accommodation in south Kolkata’s Kudghat area for “being Muslim”. Mohammad Aftab Alam, Mojtaba Hassan, Nasir Shaikh and Shaukat Sheikh, who are doing their house staffship at various hospitals in Kolkata at present, were …

Each can accommodate 300 people; Prepared for any eventuality, says official. The West Bengal government has started repairing 10 flood shelters in Alipurduar district, near the State’s border with Assam, anticipating the arrival of those who have been left out of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). “We …

KOLKATA: Doctors at state-run hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday removed nine needles inserted into the throat of a 14-year-old girl, a senior official of the medical establishment said. The needles were stuck inside the throat of Aparupa Biswas, a resident of Krishnanagar of Nadia district, apparently by a tantrik and it took …

KOLKATA: The engine and a coach of an empty rake of 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express derailed while entering Howrah station this morning, affecting train services of the South Eastern Railway partially, an official said. No one was injured in the accident as the empty train was coming to the station …

Six lakh of Matua community members missing from list, say sect leaders. Protests over the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam spread to Bengal with Matuas, a sect founded by the 19th century social reformer Harichand Thakur in Bangladesh, organised rail blockades in large parts of North 24 Paraganas and …

Amit Shah to hold rally on August 11. The friction between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress on the issue of the ongoing National Register of Citizens (NRC) update exercise in Assam and larger Oppositional politics, is in for an escalation with BJP chief Amit Shah set to visit West …